John Wrottesley, second baron Wrottesley

(1798-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wrottesley, John Wrottesley, Baron, 1798-1867 NRA: Wrottesley John (1798-1867) 2nd Baron Wrottesley DNB: Wrottesley, John, second Baron Wrottesley (1798-1867), landowner and astronomer LBT ID: LdWrott2 VIAF ID: 77868692 LOC ID: n88130981	B/BAP: 1798-08-05 DIED: 1867-10-27
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the first baron (d. 1848); he was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford and practised law and astronomy; he was president of the Royal Society (1854-57).
REFERENCES TO John Wrottesley, second baron Wrottesley: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 21 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 14